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Friday, September 10, 2010

Paula Patton Out of Law & Order SVU

Before she even really got in with SVU fans, it seems Paula Patton is already out of Law & Order SVU. EW’s Michael Ausiello reports that Paula, who was originally slated to play SVU’s ADA Mikka Von, got the lead in the new film “Mission Impossible 4” and her SVU role has been cut down to one episode. Melissa Sagemiller – who played an attorney on TNT’s “Raising the Bar” has been case to play the ADA. (Nice casting choice, I liked her a lot on that show.)

It's nice to see that Neal Baer doesn't seem to hold any sort of grudge against Paula Patton for doing this (from what we've read anyways).

I agree that Melissa Sagemiller is a good casting choice to replace her.IMO One of the biggest weaknesses on SVU for awhile has been the lack of a consistent ADA who can stay put. Especially one who can act (McManus, Stone I'm looking at you two). Lahti's time was iffy, and sure it was nice to have Cabot back for a little while, but the show needs an ADA to stay on for the long haul, not just a stint.

On a similar note, I seem to remember her making a guest appearance on SVU in it's earlier years (season 1 I think), but I can't remember the name of the episode.

I just looked up a couple other things on Melissa Sagemiller. In a cool bit of irony, her guest role on SVU was her first television role she had in her career before it took off and branched in to movies as well as television.So things are sort of coming full circle for her.